95), 288.65 (1994)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Communications

Telephones: 730,000 (1998 est.)

Telephone system: the Ministry of Communications oversees the
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications; the national operator is
Armentel; the Greek Telecoms Company owns 90% of Armentel and will
provide a $60 million eight-year loan; Armenia has about 4,000
Internet users on one satellite channel
domestic: local--350,000 telephones are located in Yerevan; a
fiber-optic loop provides digital service to 80,000 of Yerevan's
customers; GSM cellular is available in Yerevan, as is paging;
intercity--the former Soviet system provides service to 380,000
numbers mostly governmental
international: Yerevan is connected to the Trans-Asia-Europe line
through Iran; additional international service is available by
microwave, land line, and satellite through the Moscow switch; 1
INTELSAT earth station

Radio broadcast stations: AM 9, FM 6, shortwave 1 (1998)

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: 3 (in addition, programs are
received by relay from Russia; 100% of the population receive
Armenian and Russian TV programs) (1997)

Televisions: NA

Transportation

Railways:
total: 825 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial
lines
broad gauge: 825 km 1.520-m gauge (1992)

Highways:
total: 8,580 km
paved: 8,580 km
unpaved: 0 km (1996 est.)

Waterways: NA km

Pipelines: natural gas 900 km (1991)

Ports and harbors: none

Airports: 11 (1996 est.)

Airports--with paved runways:
total: 5
over 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (1996 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 3
under 914 m: 1 (1996 est.)

Military

Military branches: Army, Air Force and Air Defense Aviation, Air
Defense Force, Security Forces (internal and border troops)

Military manpower--military age: 18 years of age

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 922,124 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 732,495 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--reaching military age annually:
males: 32,052 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $72.1 million (1999)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 4% (1999)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: Armenia supports ethnic Armenians in the
Nagorno-Karabakh